Clarinet



P. SClARRA.

Patented Oct. 21

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P. SCIARRA.

CLARINET.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.21-.19-17.

Patented 001. 21, 19111.

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PETER SCIARRA, OF BENLD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CONADI COMPAGMICCI, 0FBENLD, ILLINOIS.

CLARINET.

To all whom, 'it 'may concern:

Ile it known that I, PETER Srilanka, a citizen of the United States,residing at Benld, in the county cf l\flacoupin and State of Illinois.have invented new and useful Improvements in Clarincts, of which thefollowing is a specification.`

This invention comprehends` improvements in clarinets and has for itsparticular object the elimination of the difficult pass between A in thesecond space and "15 on the third line or any other pass between A andany other note: The way to get the A on the clarinet. of today is toopen the key with the first finger of the left hand by pressing, andthen slide the finger to close the hole to get other notes. In theimproved construction, I eliminate the use of the first finger for thekey of A and use the third finger to open the key and the thumb forclosing it, thus overcoming the difficulty of sliding the first fingeras is necessary with the common type of clarinet.

T he inventim also aims to generally impiove clarinets by making certainfingering more easy of accomplishment.

lith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed. l

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a part of clarinet constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Fig 2 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the key levers and a rock shaft.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a lever mechanism used on the clarinet.

Figs. 6, 7 are detail views of parts to be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, l designates a tubesection of a clarinet having the openings 2, 3, -1 and 5. 'Ihe hole 2 isprovided with a cover 6 which 1s opened to give the note A. This coveilis. fixed to an arm 7 secured to a rock shaft 8 mounted between posts 9.A finger piece l() is 4formed integrally with the arm T and when forcedtoward-the tube will open the cover against the action of parts to behere- Specification of Letters Patent.

iuafter fully described. A spring l1 tends to hold the cover open and toclose the cover against the actionof this spring, I provide a curvedlever 12 secured intermediateits ends to a vrock shaft 13 mountedbetween the posts 11. yThe lever 12 comprises an arm L5 which extendsunder the finger piece l0 and an arm 16 which is provided at itsterminal with a thumb ring 17 opposed to the hole 18. A needle spring1S) fixed to one of the posts 11 by engaging a tongue 20 on the rockshaft 13 holds the arm 15 normally away from the finger piece 10.

21 designates a lever secured intermediate its ends to a rock shaft 22.The lever extends at one end over the cover G and overlies, adjacent itsother end, a finger piece 23. This finger piece is secured adjacent oneend of a rock shaft 24 mounted between posts 25, said rock shaft beingprovided adjacent its other end with an arm 26 to which is secured aring 27 opposed to the hole 5. This rock shaft is pressed by a needlespring 28 secured to one of the posts 25 and normally holds the fingerpiece 23 elevated against the lever 21.

For a clearer understanding of the improvement, other parts of theclarinetcarried by the section l will be referred to. 29 1s a cover foran opening, not shown, and this cover is carried by an arm 30 whichlatter 1s secured to a rock shaft 31 mounted between posts 32. An arm 33extends longitudinally from the fixed end of the arm 30 and is providedon its terminal with a finger piece 34 which overlies a lever 35operating` a cover 36. The lever 35 is provided, as customary, with afinger piece 37. A finger piece'38 operates a cover 39 opposed to ahole, not shown. 40 is a cover secured to an arm 41 and operated by anarm 12 having a finger piece 43.

The cover 6 which is normally closed, may be opened with the firstfinger by pressing down on the piece 23 to allow the spring 11 to assertitself. In this fashion, the clarinet can be operated in the old way.The cover may also be opened by rocking the shaft 24, by pressinginwardly on theA ring 27 and may be closed irrespective of the ring -27by pressing the ring 17 on the lever 12 with the thumb.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it will be clearly understood that I do not Patented 0ct. 21,1919.

Application filed September 21, 1917. Serial No. 192,534.

wish to be limited to this eon.`\'tri1etion` bm. ma)v malte sut-hchanges as will fall within the seope and Spirit of the invention a5claimed, I

lVhat l elaim is:

l. A elarinet comprisinga rover, a linger pieee for opening said eover,a spring e1- gating said linger pieee to nrgl'e open Said cover7 aroelhhaft, a eurved lever Connected at a point in its length with saidrock ahaft` said lever having` one end extending); nnder said fingerpiece, a ring on the other endet' said lever, a spring disposed inparallelism with said shaft and engaging said lever to hold the latternormall)Y spaced from the linger piece, said lever when operatedengaging the finger piere to close said eover, a second lever having;`one end overlying said cover, a set-ond rock shaft7 an elementprojecting therefrom adjaeent one end, a ringV projeeting from the laetnamed rock Shaft adjacent the opposite end` the element and ring,`extending Ytrom said Shatt in a common direction, a lever pivotedintermediate iteI ends having itaends overlying Said eover and element.respectively, a resilient elenlent Carried bythe last named rock shaftand ot' greater strength than the aforementioned Spring andfnnetionating to normall)Y hold the latter in a position whereby theelement Carried thereon engages the adjacent end et said lever, andhaaid. ring` when depresed operating the shaft to lower said element andthereby permit movement of Said lever and opening ot the rover underinfluente ot Said spline.

A clarinet. comprising a rover, a [meer piece for opening said cover, aepringl engagging said finger pieee to urge and hold said rover open7linger operated mean` di.\ pofsed beneath the linger piece and operAable to move the latter in a dirertion to close the cover7 a roel;shaft, an element projeeting adjacent one end, a ring projeeting` fromthe roel; elraft adjacent the. opposite end, said element and ringextending from said shaft in a Common dirertion`r a lever pivotedintermediate its endsI` and having its 'ends overlying- Said Cover andelement respectively, a resilient element earried by the rock Sliatt andot' greater strength than the aforelnentioned spring', andt'nnetionating to normali)v hold the latter in a position whereby theelement earried thereon engages the adj-arent end ot said lever, andsaid ring when depressed operat ing the shaft to lower said element andthereby permit movement ot said lever and opening ot' Said eover underinfluence o. said Sprine'.

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PETER SClllllr

